Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Set aside your pity and enjoy this for what it really is: A celebration of the thinning of the heard. That’s right; It’s time for another installment of The Darwin Awards. I’ve selected another story involving fun with electricity. Enjoy…

(1982, Texas) At the Amarillo Fairgrounds, some buildings were in need of a coat of paint, so local contractors were hired to do the job.

Between the buildings was an angled culvert, designed to drain rainwater away from the buildings. Because of the slope, the wheeled painter scaffolding tended to roll downhill, so the painters removed the wheels on the scaffolding. They were in the process of moving the scaffolding, when the metal structure met a transformer. The painters were killed.

The story made the headlines. The town was abuzz with talk of the tragedy, how it had come to pass, and whether the city was liable for damages. The city officials decided they needed to conduct an investigation.

With much fanfare, they arrived at the scene of the incident, prepared to personally recreate the circumstances. Two officials grabbed the scaffolding in the exact same location as the two painters, began to move the scaffolding... and were promptly electrocuted.

10 Comments:

Shocking, James, Just Shocking!! You'd think they've have had more sense in Amarillo, but nooooooo. It's hard to tell a Texan what to do, or how to do it. That's why so many of them die just after calling out to their buddies, "HEY! Lookit THIS!!"

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